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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






2. Application of potassium sulphide






3. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






4. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






5. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






6. Renowned for paintings and prints






7. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






8. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






9. Known for his glass sculpture






10. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






11. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






12. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






13. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






14. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






15. An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form practiced in ancient Byzantium






16. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence






17. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






18. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






19. Watercolor with inert white pigment mixed in. Inert pigment is pigment that becomes colorless or virtually colorless paint. In gouache - it serves to make the color opaque - which means it is used at full length - watercolor mixed with a high concent






20. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






21. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






22. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






23. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






24. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






25. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






26. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






27. Creates blue dye






28. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






29. Process of smoothing metal surface witha flat or slightly round-faced hammer






30. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.






31. Where the revolving door was fully developed






32. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






33. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure - Fusing two pieces of material using a heat process; most commonly used with metal and plastics






34. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






35. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.






36. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






37. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






38. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






39. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






40. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






41. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






42. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






43. Something that supports a sculpture






44. Pale green






45. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






46. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






47. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing - An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






48. Incised engraving - the process of printing from engraved plates - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate - ex: the plate is smeared with ink and Then wiped clean. The ink left in the recesses is what makes the print.






49. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






50. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net